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This month's Fansplaining piece is a bit of a departure from our usual fandom reporting and critical analysis: for the first time, we're very excited to share a virtual art exhibit of sorts, from Toronto-based curators and BTS fans Rea McNamara and Bo Shin.  I came to ruin you: The Collecting Practices of K-pop Fandoms was on display at York University this past spring, and what follows is an expanded version of the exhibition's brochure, plus images, videos, and interviews with some of the fan collectors and participating artists Jiwon Choi and Lux Pyre.  You can listen to the main text of the piece on this feed, but! We'd highly recommend going to the article itself to see all the images and videos (with descriptive captions and alt-text):  https://www.fansplaining.com/articles/i-came-to-ruin-you-the-collecting-practices-of-k-pop-fandoms  

Gav is back in Fansplaining in 2025! This time, she writes about Sam Wilson's recent Captain America debut—and how the MCU failed both the character and the fandom. "Sam Wilson Deserved Better Than Brave New World" by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw: Marvel wants fans to care about lore without thinking too deeply about themes and emotions—the things that brought them to this fandom in the first place. Read the full piece here: fansplaining.com/articles/sam-wilson-deserved-better-brave-new-world  

Around this time in December, we usually wrap up Fansplaining with “The Year in Fandom”: a look back at five trends from the prior year followed by five trends from the year coming to a close. With Flourish's departure this summer, the podcast is now on hiatus—but I had a lot of thoughts about 2024, particularly when it came to fanfiction. Many thanks to Flourish for looking this over; in a way, it's a “Year in Fandom” segment in spirit. In 2024, everyone wanted a piece of fic, from AI grifters to traditional publishers to ravenous audiences. Where did that leave the people who write it? Read the full article as you listen along: https://www.fansplaining.com/articles/endless-appetite-fanfiction

Our first piece in this new era of Fansplaining is "The Yellow Balloon Movement" by Maria Temming: Within jam band fandoms often dominated by substance use, clean and sober fans are building their own communities. You can read the full article here: https://www.fansplaining.com/articles/the-yellow-balloon-movement  Hi, Fansplaning listeners, Elizabeth here. So everyone probably knows by now that the podcast is on hiatus. And you may be wondering why is this still showing up in my feed?Thanks for not unsubscribing, because I would say with 95% certainty, the podcast will be back in some form before too long.   But this is showing up in your feed because, as you may recall, in the hiatus portion of the podcast itself, I'm going to be ramping up our publication arm, which we've, you know, kind of periodically added to over the years. Now, there's going to be at least one new piece per month, and we had a listener when I announced this suggest that we also do audio versions. And so everyone who's writing one of these stories also knows they have to record themselves, reading it and then we'll put it up alongside the text.    And so I thought, well, you know, for folks who do like listening, why not use this feed to share the audio with them? You can also find it with the article itself on fansplaining.com, and if you listen to this and enjoy it I would really appreciate if you go back there and maybe share it with folks, whether they like listening or reading.   So that's all to say,I thought I would just, for this one, explain what I was doing, but rather than just dropping the audio into your feet with no, with no warning. So I won't have a big introduction for, for all of them, but for this one, because it was showing up again after a few weeks, I wanted to explain why something new was showing up in your feet.   So without further ado, the first article in this new era of Fanplaining that I am thrilled to publish is actually a repeat contributor. It's by Maria Temming who was the author of "The Pain Fandom," the article we published on whump. She also came on the podcast to talk about that article.   And importantly, she has been one of our two transcriptionists for the past few years. Extraordinary transcriptionist, incredibly meticulous, and she brings that meticulousness to her journalism. The whump story was extremely deeply and thoughtfully reported, and this story is no different. It's about yellow balloon groups. They are clean and sober fans who basically have meetings, like AA-style meetings, right within the concerts they're attending. So it's like creating fandoms within fandoms, and huge, you know, diversity range of ages and experiences of the folks that she talked to for this.   And so it was a real pleasure to edit and to learn about this, like this corner of fandom. And so I really hope you enjoy it. So without further ado, here's Maria Temming.  

After nine years of collaborating on Fansplaining, Flourish and Elizabeth mark Flourish's final regular episode by casting back to the state of fandom when they first met on a panel at San Diego Comic-Con in July of 2015. A decade ago, we were at the height of Hollywood's “Geek is Chic” arc, facing the rapid mainstreaming of fandom and the beginnings of the “creator-ification” of fanworks. What's changed for the better—and what's gotten worse? Plus: in the ultimate ironic twist, Flourish accepts their own personal journey into lurkerdom, a truly fitting end to a podcast run that nearly ended during a fight on the subject 215 episodes ago…

Flourish's final “Ask Fansplaining Anything” episode follows the format of the previous 18 (!!), with a new batch of (thoughtful as ever!) listener letters and voicemails. Topics discussed include people bringing a prior adaptation's fandom baggage to a new version, writing RPF about people who aren't actually famous at all, the tropification of fanfiction, and whether multiple versions of a character can feel true simultaneously.

Episode 219, “Tropefest Speedrun,” kicks off with a big announcement: as you might have guessed with Flourish a few months away from a) giving birth and b) being ordained as a priest, they are going to be leaving Fansplaining in May. Post-Flourish plans for the podcast still TBD, this episode builds off the long-running “Tropefest” series for Patrons and jets through ten fanfiction tropes and themes in an hour, including classics like time loops, identity porn, truth serum, and sex pollen. 

In the newest installment of the long-running “Ask Fansplaining Anything” series, Flourish and Elizabeth tackle a fresh batch of listener comments and questions. Topics discussed include fic that “breaches containment,” AI and fanworks, differing norms around the AO3's “Major Character Death” tag, and what to do when Someone Is Wrong On the Internet.

In Episode 211, “The Copyright Conundrum,” Flourish and Elizabeth welcome prolific fic writer and copyright expert EarlGreyTea68 back to the podcast to discuss her new Fansplaining article, “How U.S. Copyright Law Fails Fan Creators.” After giving a little primer on copyright, trademark, fair use, and how they all intersect with fandom, EGT discusses the ways current U.S. intellectual property law is unequipped to deal with non-monetized creativity—and how the system fails everyone but the big publishers and studios. They also discuss copyright and AI, and whether copyright claims have the potential to take down LLMs and AI tools.  And an exciting note: this episode has a sponsor!! Ellipsus is a new collaborative writing tool that lets you and your co-writers/editors/betas create different drafts and merge them together. They are very anti-generative AI, and they reached out to us because they have roots in fic fandom. Ellipsus is currently in closed beta, but if you use our SPECIAL LINK, you'll go to the top of the list. We've really enjoyed testing it out—and we hope this can supplant Google Docs (ugh) in our fic writing.

In this episode, Scott Rettberg is joined by Flourish Klink, one of the ‘Fansplaining' podcast hosts to discuss the world of fandoms and the creation of fanfiction about books, movies, shows, and celebrities.   References Klink, F., & Minkel, E. 2015-. Fansplaining. Podcast. https://www.fansplaining.com/episodes. Rowling, J. K. 1998. Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books. Jenkins, H. 2006. Convergence culture: Where old and new media collide. New York University Press. Jenkins, H. 1992. Textual Poachers. Routledge. Andem, J. 2015-2017. Skam. NRK. Lucas, G. 1999. Star Wars: Episode I: The phantom menace. 20th Century Fox. Kripke, E. 2005-2020. Supernatural. Warner Bros. Television. Crane, D, & Kauffman, M. 1994-2004. Friends. Warner Bros. Television. Frank Baum, L. 1990. The wonderful wizard of Oz. George M. Hill Company. Doyle, A. C. 1888. A study in Scarlet. Ward Lock & Co. Richardson, S. 1740. Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded. Messrs Rivington & Osborn. Fielding, H. 1741. An apology for the life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews. A. Dodd. Shazeer, N., & De Freitas, D. 2022. Character.ai. https://beta.character.ai/. Finger, B. 1939. Detective Comics 27. DC Comics. Huffman, S., Swartz, A., & Ohanian, A. 2005. Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/. Lau, A., & Yuen, I. 2006. Wattpad. https://www.wattpad.com/. Google LLC. 2005. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/. ByteDance. 2016. TikTok. https://www.tiktok.com/en/. James, E.L. 2011. Fifty shades of Grey. Vintage Books. Gabaldon, D. 1991. Outlander. Delacorte Books. Newman, S., Webber, C. E., & Wilson, D. 1963-1989. Doctor Who. BBC Studios. Brontë, C. 1847. Jane Eyre. Smith, Elder & Co. Roddenberry, G. 1966-1969. Star Trek: The Original Series. Paramount Television. Carter, C. 1993-. The X-Files. FOX.

In the newest (17th!) installment of the “Ask Fansplaining Anything” series, Flourish and Elizabeth read a mix of responses to recent episodes and fresh queries. Topics discussed include communal versus solitary fandom, how the “BNF” role shifts when global fandoms rely on fan translations, asexuality and aromanticism in fic, their (EXTREMELY MIXED) experiences running surveys, and, importantly, AMC's Interview with the Vampire.

For their 200th!!!! episode, Elizabeth and Flourish are joined by artist, author, and longtime Fansplaining collaborator (and fan!) Maia Kobabe to celebrate the occasion. Topics discussed include the fandom elements of eir graphic memoir, Gender Queer, the pleasure of creating fanart while working as a professional artist, eir experiences in K-pop fandom, and the secret to making friends, whether fellow fans or a pair of podcast hosts (spoiler: make art for them!) (like the cover of this episode—thank you, Maia!).

Katherine and Naama explore the infinitely imaginative space of erotic fan fiction by discussing "Slash," the 2016 indie gem starring Michael Johnston and Hannah Marks.References:"Slash" (2016) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4729990/ Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/FanFiction.Net: https://www.fanfiction.net/Fansplaining (website and podcast): https://www.fansplaining.com/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5608426/advertisement

In yet another (the sixteenth!) installment of “Ask Fansplaining Anything,” Flourish and Elizabeth discuss a fresh batch of listener questions and comments. Topics include portmanteau ship names, permissive fanart attitudes amongst video game developers, fic self-promotion etiquette, and a pair of letters about big name fans, and what exactly that term means in fandom right now.

Come with me on a tour of Greenway. Special thanks to Clive and everyone at the National Trust for making me and my microphone welcome at Greenway, and to Sarah Thrift for arranging it. I'm also grateful to my friend Elizabeth Minkel, who spent the afternoon doing this even though she has only read one Christie novel in her whole life. She has her own podcast, Fansplaining, which I highly recommend. Books mentioned in this episode: — Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie — Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie — Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie — Towards Zero by Agatha Christie — Agatha Christie An Autobiography by Agatha Christie — Tied Up In Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh Related Shedunnit episodes about Agatha Christie: — Agatha Christie Writes Alone — Agatha's Archaeologists — The Dispenser NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/shedunnit. To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/athomewithagathachristietranscript  Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 191, “Femstats February,” Flourish and Elizabeth welcome back Destination Toast—the Steve Martin of Fansplaining—to talk through their massive stats analysis comparing the F/F, M/F, and M/M categories on the AO3. Length, rating, frequency of certain tags and warnings: What results matched their expectations, and what results were surprising? And what do the differences between them suggest about fandom? (Prepare yourself: armchair theorizing and hot takes abound!!)

In the latest (fifteenth!) installment of “Ask Fansplaining Anything,” Flourish and Elizabeth tackle a new collection of listener letters. Topics discussed include defining “canon” in RPF fandoms, the sad fate of fandoms on Twitter, and what to do about non-fandom friends who judge your fannish activities. Plus: a query about the hypothetical legality of physically printed fanfiction in libraries, with an answer from *actual lawyer* and copyright expert Earlgreytea68.

In the fourteenth installment of “Ask Fansplaining Anything,” Flourish and Elizabeth read and respond to a fresh batch of listener questions. Topics covered include fictional fandom conspiracy theories, the use—or misuse—of the AO3 collections feature, the spaces created within fandom for toxic behavior, and advice for anyone looking to move from lurking to participating.

In the latest (13th!) installment of the “Ask Fansplaining Anything” series, Flourish and Elizabeth tackle a fresh batch of letters from listeners. Questions posed include: Are author's notes “unprofessional”? What are the distinctions between fusions and crossovers? Are some fans writing x reader fic to avoid engaging with canonical characters of color? Would it really be so hard to make a new fic archive? And what can fans do when their object of fandom likes fic…a little too much?

In Episode 169, “Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 12,” Elizabeth and Flourish dig into a new collection of listener messages. Topics covered include the “Dead Dove Do Not Eat” tag, the intersections of self-inserts and outsider POV fic, and whether “queerbaiting” is a meaningful term in 2022. They also listen to a pair of voicemails about the recent conversation on pseuds and “the right to be forgotten” in fandom.

In Episode 158, “Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 11,” Elizabeth and Flourish read and respond to a new batch of listener questions. Topics covered include the primacy of shipping in fanfic culture, the ethics of pirating Chinese novels, how to organize your fic collection, and how worried we should be that the entertainment industry is spying on fandom.

In Episode 156, “The Exit Interview,” Fansplaining marks the end of Flourish's time in the entertainment industry (!) with a conversation about what they've observed over thirteen years working on fan-related projects in Hollywood. Topics covered include the rise of streaming services, the fall of transmedia storytelling, executives' attitudes towards fans of their properties, and why, after more than a decade, fandom's vibes often seem worse than ever—and whether the entertainment industry is responsible for that.

In Episode 152, “Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 10,” Flourish and Elizabeth tackle a new batch of listener questions that all center on the theme: “free your mind by cleansing your timeline.” Topics discussed include mismatched expectations on Tumblr, monetizing Twitter stan accounts, ageism in fandom, and the growing trend of pro publishers using AO3-style tags in book marketing. 

In Episode 143, “Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 9,” Elizabeth and Flourish read a fresh batch of listener letters. Topics covered include age and fandom, fanfics of fanfics, pop culture’s role in protest movements, and a trio of letters about trans, nonbinary, and asexual exclusion in fan spaces.

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In Episode 134, “Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 8,” Elizabeth and Flourish once again open up the mailbag and answer listener questions. Topics covered include sports RPF, the ethics of sporking, adaptations of fan-favorite properties, how to make new friends in fandom, and even more of everyone’s favorite topic: slash discourse.

In Episode 133, Elizabeth and Flourish talk directly about a topic that creeps into a lot of Fansplaining discussions: slash fic and the people who write it. They walk through the history of “slash fandom” and the ways that early narratives about it endure to this day, and they dig into the fraught gender politics around slash, wrapping up with a discussion of whether the term means anything at all in 2020. They also read a slew of listener letters about the topic of the last episode, purity culture.

 Transcript available In this extended cut of the Challenging Fandom Racism roundtable, fan studies scholars Dr. Rukmini Pande, Stitch, joan miller, and Dr. Samantha Close join finnagain to discuss transformative fandom’s cyclical struggle to recognise racism, the skepticism and harassment faced by fans and acafans who speaking out against racism, why the AO3 and the OTW need to change, and ways fans can practice anti-racism in our fannish lives and online communities. Additional Shownotes Consulting Fans: Dr. Rukmini Pande, Stitch, joan miller, Dr. Samantha Close, finnagain Producer/Editor: finnagain Dr. Rukmini Pande twitter Squee From the Margins: Fandom and Race with the University Iowa Press Upcoming edited collection (2020): Fandom, Now In Color: A Collection of Voices Interview with Henry Jenkins Interview on Fansplaining on racism in fandom Article on racism in femslash fandoms Stitch twitter Stitch Media Mix blog Why Write About Fandom Racism At A Time Like This? Antiblackness in (Service of) the Archive: A Statement On Korean Artists Using Their Platforms to Say that Black Lives Matter Series What Fandom Racism Looks Like Stitch Talks Ish podcast joan miller twitter, bio Website: likejoanofarc.com Interview: “Who and What Belongs: #Gamergate and Abjection“ Article on Cosplay and Race in forthcoming collection Fandom, Now In Color Dr. Samantha Close twitter Website But No Cigar Open Letter to the OTW on Racism in Fandom Article on Knitting Activism, Knitting Gender, Knitting Race OTW This Week in Fandom, Volume 149 (blog post previously featuring Dr. Pande and Stitch’s work) Statement from the OTW Board of Directors, Chairs, & LeadsOTW 2020 OTW Elections Q&A Racism in the OTW and Its Projects More texts: Teland, 2003, My. Fucking. God. on Pete Ross in Smallville Dissensus by Jacques Ranciere Pose FX series Cassandra Khaw’s Persons Non Grata series: Hammers on Bone and A Song for Quiet Alissa Cole’s A Princess in Theory Recommended Authors of Afrofuturism: Octavia Butler, N. K. Jemisin, Nalo Hopkinson This segment was first released on August 5, 2020 in Episode 107A: History Has Its Eyes on You - Extended Cut. Music Credit Unless otherwise indicated, music is available for purchase through online retailers such as amazon.com and iTunes. Challenging Fandom Racism – Janelle Monáe, Dirty Computer: Crazy Classic Life Production Credits Segment Producer: finnagain Segment Editor: finnagain Banner Art: Fox Estacado Distribution funded by fans! Contact Email: bored@three-patch.com Website: https://www.three-patch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/threepatchpodcast Skype: threepatch.podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/threepatch Tumblr: http://threepatchpodcast.tumblr.com/ How to Cite APA Three Patch Productions (Producer). (2020, August 28). Three Patch Podcast Episode 107A - Challenging Fandom Racism Roundtable - Extended Cut. Podcast segment retrieved from https://www.three-patch.com/casefiles/107a-fandom-racism

Four acafans discuss racism in transformative fandom, the work of challenging this status quo, and some ways fans can practice anti-racism in our communities. Listen to the EXTENDED CUT here. Additional Shownotes Consulting Fans: Dr. Rukmini Pande, Stitch, joan miller, Dr. Samantha Close, finnagain Producer/Editor: finnagain Dr. Rukmini Pande twitter Squee From the Margins: Fandom and Race with the University Iowa Press Upcoming edited collection (2020): Fandom, Now In Color: A Collection of Voices Interview with Henry Jenkins Interview on Fansplaining on racism in fandom Article on racism in femslash fandoms Stitch twitter Stitch Media Mix blog Why Write About Fandom Racism At A Time Like This? Antiblackness in (Service of) the Archive: A Statement On Korean Artists Using Their Platforms to Say that Black Lives Matter Series What Fandom Racism Looks Like Stitch Talks Ish podcast joan miller twitter, bio Website: likejoanofarc.com Interview: “Who and What Belongs: #Gamergate and Abjection“ Article on Cosplay and Race in forthcoming collection Fandom, Now In Color Dr. Samantha Close twitter Website But No Cigar Open Letter to the OTW on Racism in Fandom Article on Knitting Activism, Knitting Gender, Knitting Race OTW 2020 Election Q&A Racism in the OTW and Its Projects This Week in Fandom, Volume 149 More writings: Teland, 2003, My. Fucking. God. on Pete Ross in Smallville Dissensus by Jacques Ranciere Cassandra Khaw’s Persons Non Grata series: Hammers on Bone and A Song for Quiet Alissa Cole’s A Princess in Theory Authors of Afrofuturism: Octavia Butler, N. K. Jemisin, Nalo Hopkinson This segment was first released on August 1, 2020 in Episode 107: History Has Its Eyes on You. Music Credit Unless otherwise indicated, music is available for purchase through online retailers such as amazon.com and iTunes. Challenging Fandom Racism – Janelle Monáe, Dirty Computer: Crazy Classic Life Production Credits Segment Producer: finnagain Segment Editor: finnagain Banner Art: Fox Estacado Distribution funded by fans! Contact Email: bored@three-patch.com Website: https://www.three-patch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/threepatchpodcast Skype: threepatch.podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/threepatch Tumblr: http://threepatchpodcast.tumblr.com/ How to Cite APA Three Patch Productions (Producer). (2020, August 28). Challenging Fandom Racism Roundtable. Three Patch Podcast Episode 107 - History Has Its Eyes on You. Podcast segment retrieved from https://www.three-patch.com/casefiles/107-fandom-racism

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In Episode 124, “Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 7,” Elizabeth and Flourish dig into a new pile of listener questions and comments. Topics covered include fan reactions when male versus female actors talk about shipping, whether spec scripts count as fanfiction, what to say to friends who disrespect fic, and how the podcast gets made.

In Episode 119, “Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 6,” Flourish and Elizabeth tackle a new stack of listener questions and comments. Topics covered include actors’ shipping preferences, #OwnVoices in profic and in fanfic, what counts as “canon,” why we get stuck in fandoms we no longer like, and Flourish’s true feelings about fictional demons.

In Episode 110, “Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 5,” Elizabeth and Flourish answer a new collection of listener letters and voicemails. Topics covered include ageism, “valorizing” bad behavior in fic, multishipping, and further thoughts about the phrase “OOC,” in real life and in fiction.

In Episode 106, “The Neverending Franchise,” Flourish and Elizabeth debrief after Fansplaining’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, “Don’t Dream It’s Over: What Fans Do When Long-Running Stories End.” They discuss the panelists’ takes on the topic—what happens when specific iterations of a franchise come to an end—and dig into the (sometimes radically different) perspectives of various stakeholders in entertainment franchises, including fans, writers, producers, marketers, and more.

In Episode 100, “The More You Know,” Elizabeth and Flourish celebrate the ways they’ve learned and grown in the past four years of Fansplaining, reflecting on key areas where they’ve changed their frameworks—and their minds. Topics covered include lurkers, the realities of TV production, racism in fandom, and our old friend, capitalism. Here’s to a hundred more!

In Episode 96, “Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 4,”  Flourish and Elizabeth respond to a plethora of listener letters on a wide variety of topics, including genderbending, imagines, political leanings across fannish platforms, Fandom Wank, kink memes, and how to deal with a friend who has GENUINELY TERRIBLE IDEAS ABOUT FANFIC.

Podcast Description “I feel that tech is capable of change. It’s still a relatively young sector. The young men who built this industry…tended to be people who themselves were not treated that well at high school. Ya know, nerds shall inherit the Earth. When you point out to some of them that they are now oppressing other marginalized groups, most of them are horrified at that idea. They want to be better. They want to change.”Sacha Judd runs the Hoku Group, a family office combining private investments, early-stage tech ventures and a non-profit foundation. She is the co-host of Refactor (a series of events around diversity in technology), and Flounders’ Club (a network for early-stage company founders). She also spends a confusing amount of time explaining why Harry Styles might be the answer to everything. Additional Resources How the tech sector could move in One Direction (hiring for diversity)Superfan! (Improving trust and psychological safety in teams and organisations)Project Include (tools and measurement for improving diversity and inclusion)Rukmini Pande on the Fansplaining podcast, talking about race and fandom  Twitter Sacha Judd Become a #causeascene Podcast sponsor because disruption and innovation are products of individuals who take bold steps in order to shift the collective and challenge the status quo.Learn more >All music for the #causeascene podcast is composed and produced by Chaos, Chao Pack, and Listen on SoundCloud. Listen to more great #causeascene podcasts full podcast list >

This week on Can I Just Say, Lindsey Romain of Nerdist joins us to discuss The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos. We chat about shooting, dancing, women in power and men throwing fruit.You can read Lindsey's writing here and find her on twitter hereElizabeth Minkel was a guest on our other podcast, Fathoms Deep, and discussed The Favourite on her podcast, Fansplaining https://www.fansplaining.comSupport us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love.Buy Elizabeth's Book or See Daphne's JewelryFollow us on Twitter! @JustSayPodcast and use the hashtag #CanIJustSayE-mail us at Podcast@CommonRoomRadio.comMusic - Me and Billy Barnum by Josh Woodward. Free download: www.joshwoodward.com

In Episode 92, “Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 3,” Elizabeth and Flourish read and play another batch of listener letters and voicemails. Topics covered include fandom’s future platforms, TV revivals, the dehumanizing aspects of RPF, and a return to The Discourse Trilogy™, from parallels with American fundamentalist church culture to the relationship between purity discourse and happy endings.

This week's highlights is all about fans and fandom, with Gates McFadden aka Dr Beverly Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation on the convention circuit, Australian filmmaker Jess Leski on her boy band fan documentary I Used to Be Normal, Alicon brings Bronies (male My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) fans to Adelaide, and hosts of Fansplaining podcast Flourish Klink and Elizabeth Minkel.

This week's highlights is all about fans and fandom, with Gates McFadden aka Dr Beverly Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation on the convention circuit, Australian filmmaker Jess Leski on her boy band fan documentary I Used to Be Normal, Alicon brings Bronies (male My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) fans to Adelaide, and hosts of Fansplaining podcast Flourish Klink and Elizabeth Minkel.

In Episode 83, “Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 2,” Flourish and Elizabeth answer a pile of listener letters from the past few months. Topics covered include responses to the recent episode on real person fiction, whether crossovers are underappreciated, why there is a culture of paying for fanart but not fanfic, what “fuck canon” really means, queer representation in fan-favorite shows, and whether fandom is rife with internalized misogyny.

In Episode 80, “Real Person Fiction,” Elizabeth and Flourish are joined by Aja Romano, internet culture writer at Vox, to discuss RPF: writing fiction about celebrities and other real, living people. Topics covered include stigma towards RPF within fandom and in the broader culture; the many ways real people turn up in all sorts of art; and what happens when a celebrity encounters online discourse about themselves. They also discuss a listener message about one of Fansplaining’s favorite topics: fandom, capitalism, and the monetization of fanworks.  

In Episode 74, “Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 1,” Flourish and Elizabeth answer a pile of listener letters from the past few months. Some touch on recent episodes, from more observations about fan tourism to critique of the discussion on alternate universe fic. Others pose new questions, on topics including the Society for Creative Anachronism, aging into or out of fandom, fic-searching and tagging methods, how to make fandom friends, and ways to  help your family understand why fandom is so important to you.

Will the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal really drive people to #DeleteFacebook? Love it or hate it, Married At First Sight was Australia's number one show of 2018 so far — what was the magic formula that drew so many people in?

Will the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal really drive people to #DeleteFacebook? Love it or hate it, Married At First Sight was Australia's number one show of 2018 so far — what was the magic formula that drew so many people in?

This week on Fathoms Deep, journalists Elizabeth Minkel and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw join us to talk about falling hard for Black Sails and the research projects that have become part of that glorious obsession…. including figuring out what would have been in the Hamilton’s library. Spoilers for all 4 seasons of Black Sails!You can find both Elizabeth and Gavia at The Rec Center: http://tinyletter.com/elizabethandgavGavia’s articles: www.dailydot.com/authors/gavia-baker-whitelaw/Gavia’s website/tumblr: hellotailor.tumblr.comGavia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hello_TailorGavia’s podcast – Overinvested: overinvestedpodcast.comElizabeth’s website/tumblr: http://elizabethminkel.comElizabeth’s articles: http://elizabethminkel.com/clipsElizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethminkelElizabeth’s podcast – Fansplaining: http://fansplaining.comSupport us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love.Buy Elizabeth's Book and see Daphne's JewelryGet your Ask Me About Black Sails shirts here!Introducing Fathoms Deep T-shirts!You can buy Fathoms Deep jewelry! www.daphneolive.com/fathomsdeepLeave us a message! 405-67FLINT (yes, we said Flint)Follow us on Twitter! @BlackSailsCast using the hashtag #FathomsDeepE-mail us at Podcast@CommonRoomRadio.com

In episode 46, “Defining Fanfiction: The Survey,” Flourish and Elizabeth discuss Fansplaining’s newest survey, which asks respondents to define what fanfiction is—and what it isn’t. They discuss the genesis of the survey and the thinking behind its questions before launching into a wide-ranging discussion about intent, authorship, context, and more. They also tackle the survey’s specific examples, from Lev Grossman’s “The Magicians” to the Aeneid to “50 Shades of Grey” to the “Riker Googling” Twitter account, and Flourish coins the term “Schrödinger’s fanfic.”

We had a visit from the fine folks behind Fansplaining to talk about fandom, gaming, fic and more as Tanya turns the tables after a visit to their show

In Episode 39, “Fansplaining!!! On Ice,” Elizabeth and Flourish interview Lauren Orsini, a journalist and anime expert. Topics discussed include different generations of anime fandom in the United States, the way language barriers affect the transcultural conversation, depictions of gay men in anime, and—of course—Yuri!!! On Ice. They also take reader mail and discuss the term “beta reader” and the less-common “alpha reader” in fanfiction communities.

In Episode 32, “Nerds for Her,” Elizabeth and Flourish talk to Paul DeGeorge, half of Harry and the Potters and the creator of the #NerdsForHer, a campaign to get fandom excited about Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election. Topics discussed include the idea of “political fandom,” Hillary’s bad narrative, John Travolta and Emma Thompson in Primary Colors, and whether fanfiction can help foster enthusiasm for the only reasonable candidate. (Who is Hillary Clinton. Fansplaining endorses Hillary Clinton. Seriously.)

In Episode 28, "Happy Anniversary #1," we welcome the past year's guests back on the podcast to talk about what's changed in fandom since Fansplaining began. Answers cover news items like what fandoms have emerged, which have cratered, and what's been going on in the law, but they also touch on the ways that fandom is increasingly breaking the fourth wall, the concept of "fan entitlement," and the changing ways that fandom thinks about race, nationality, and representation. Plus, we make like NPR and encourage people to donate to the Fansplaining Patreon, pledge-drive style!

In Episode 21, “Trash Ships and Fandom IRL,” Flourish and Elizabeth split the episode between two different topics. First they talk to Fansplaining regular DestinationToast about her recent Star Wars shipping statistical analysis (during which Flourish declares herself Captain Of The Garbage Scow). Then they talk to Alexa Donne of Leviosa about the task of running a fan convention, including the importance of accountants, market realities, and how much the Harry Potter community loves to drink.

This episode of Fansplaining is a little different: due to a technical problem, we weren't able to use our guest's audio, so we posted a transcript of the whole conversation, and the episode is a conversation ABOUT the conversation. For episode 18, Flourish and Elizabeth talked to Clay Liford, the director of SLASH: The Movie, a film about teen sexuality and fanfiction. Slash recently premiered at SXSW to positive critical reviews—and a good deal of controversy within fandom. Topics covered include the controversy and its criticisms, reverence versus accuracy, and the trouble with media that has to represent a whole subculture. Plus Flourish promises to write Elizabeth a story called “Panty Raid at Slytherin House.”

In Episode 13 of Fansplaining, Elizabeth and Flourish interview Destinationtoast about her world-famous fandom statistical analyses. Topics covered include “2015: A (statistical) year in fandom,” bad math, the differences between major fanfic archives, and trends on the rise in the coming year—plus, Elizabeth gets trolled.

In Episode 12 of Fansplaining, Elizabeth and Flourish count down their five top media fandom stories of 2015—and ask you to share your own. They also share personal fandom stories from 2015, and make a New Year's resolution for the podcast next year. Topics covered include the Triple Crown, Ham4Ham, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (with only the very lightest of spoilers!), and the fact that you heard about Hermione's casting in "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" here first.

In Episode 11 of Fansplaining, "Muggles v No-Maj," Elizabeth (while in England) interviews Caroline Crampton and Anna Leszkiewicz of SRSLY, the New Statesman's pop culture podcast; Flourish, back in New York, adds her responses. Topics covered include what the job of a magazine editor really entails, the difficulties of being a fan and a journalist, Britpicking, whether Tumblr is an American space, and how time zones affect our fannish experiences.

In Episode 10 of Fansplaining, Fangirling Through Time, Elizabeth & Flourish interview Evan Hayles Gledhill about the Tumblr of the Victorian era, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and other depictions of fans in media, Walt Whitman's reaction to his gushy fanmail (and other topics covered by historicalsquee), and the enduring patriarchal effort to police women's reading and writing. In addition, we read listener stories about how fanfic has helped at difficult times in people's lives.

In the first episode of Fansplaining, Elizabeth Minkel and Flourish Klink introduce themselves and discuss their panel at SDCC, "Fandom Is My Fandom: Or, We All Live in a Coffeeshop AU." Topics covered include "going pro," selling out, making money in fandom, fandom as a safe space, and whether we should use the term "fandom" or "fandomS."